Everybody loves giving and getting gifts. Nobody likes trying to think of what to get for someone that you kind of know and you like them well enough to get them something, but you don’t want to spend a ton of money, but you don’t want to look like you didn’t spend much money or …
The holidays are a great time to break out the craft supplies with your kids. Easy kids Christmas crafts are minimally messy and they are really about the time spent around the table, concentrating and chatting while you’re mind is occupied. I love the break that crafting offers from the insane madness that the holidays …
Sometimes you need to be able to make something out of the simplest materials possible. When the kids are bored and whiny and yet you have a million things to do, you need an easy solution. Paper is something we pretty much all have on hand in some form or another so it’s a great …
When you were little did you love going to the hardware store and stealing one of each of the paint chip sample things? I did. I think partly because I loved color and partly because I thought I was actually stealing and that was kind of fun. I remember thinking, “What can I do with …
I’m not a gardener. I kill every plant. It’s sad, actually. I’ve given up planting flowers in the Spring because I’m a good person. I don’t have it in me to keep murdering innocent flowers. But I can make crafts! So instead of decorating my garden with fragile flowers, I’ve found some genius outdoor crafts …
When you were a kid, did you love to untangle knotted up necklaces? I did. I liked that feeling of concentration and fiddling something until it was released from the tangled mess. If you’re like me, then you may want to try a Macrame Project. They are just like untangling the necklace, except exactly the …
There’s nothing like your favorite candle to make you feel like home. The only thing that could be better than your favorite candle is if you MADE your favorite candle yourself. And you can. It’s not even very hard. A DIY candle is mostly just melting and adding your favorite scents. The fun part is …
Some days you feel like painting something. Does that ever happen to you? You just get the urge to paint? But then you realize you don’t have any paint in the house. Except… you probably do. In little teeny tiny bottles in the way back of a cabinet or the bottom of an old makeup …
I make a lot of stuff. If I needed some extra cash, some of the things I make would do great at craft fairs. It’s not the most effective way to make money if you’re a crafter, but if you’re interested in trying the Craft Fair scene, these are some crafts to make and sell …
Mason Jars are perfect for the kind of crafting I like to do. No matter how you manipulate them, they almost always end up being useful. Except for if you make a snow globe, but if the snow globe is a Christmas decoration, I count that as useful, as you’ll see below. Here are some …